Completed his MA in Economics and Politics, and then completed his LLB
In 1947, during the Partition of India
Could not return to his native Lahore while he was in Patiala with his family to attend a family wedding and riots broke out in Lahore
Worked in Jalandhar after India's partition, while his family resided in Delhi, before they moved to Bombay
Is famous for putting his name in the title of his movies; Mera Naam Johar, Johar in Kashmir, Johar in Bombay, Johar Mehmood in Goa and Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong
Starred as Gopal in two Italian films directed by Mario Camerini in 1963
Played cameos in international films such as North West Frontier (1959), Death on the Nile (1937), Harry Black and the Tiger (1958), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the in the US television series Maya (1978)
Made a spoof film Nasbandi (1978) that was banned as it was based on India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's failed policy of population control by vasectomy